Complete database of events related to the internal armed conflict in Peru, extracted from the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR). 5,159 events documented from 1817 to 2003.
A female affiant recounts the disappearance of her son and husband in Putaqa, San Miguel, La Mar, Ayacucho. The testimony was collected in December 2002 in Ayacucho. The affiant describes the situation of extreme poverty in which she was left after these events, pointing out that her daughter suffers from …
The declarant gave testimony at the Central Regional Headquarters of the CVR in November 2002. She narrated the murder of her father in Ataquero, district of Acobamba, province of Tarma, department of Junin. The testimony is part of the documentation of cases of political violence in the central region of …
In November 2002, an armed confrontation took place in Callqui, province of Huanta, department of Ayacucho. The testimony was provided by a female affiant who recounts the death of her brothers during this confrontation. The event is part of the violence documented in the Ayacucho region during the internal armed …
Testimony of a mother who narrates the disappearance of her son in Pacopacuni, province of Carabaya, department of Puno. The testimony was collected in Sicuani in October 2002. This case is part of the testimonies documented by the CVR on forced disappearances during the internal armed conflict in Peru. The …
An attack occurred in Pacaycasa, province of Huanta, department of Ayacucho, which resulted in the death of the husband of a woman who gave testimony to the TRC. The testimony was recorded in October 2002 in Sicuani. The woman narrated the death of her husband as a consequence of this …
A mother recounts the disappearance of her son in Pacopacuni, province of Carabaya, department of Puno. The testimony was collected in Sicuani in October 2002. The case is part of the numerous testimonies of forced disappearances documented by the CVR in the southern Andean region of the country.
Testimony of a mother and son who narrate the murder of family members in Chavinillo, province of Yarowilca, department of Huánuco. The testimony was collected in Huancayo in August 2002. The witnesses recount the violent events that resulted in the death of their relatives during the internal armed conflict. This …
A declarant testified before the CVR about the disappearance of a brother and the death of two other brothers in El Arabe, José Crespo y Castillo, Huánuco. The events occurred in the context of the political violence that affected the region. The testimony reflects the profound pain and incomprehension at …
National Prosecutor Blanca Nélida Colán made a second visit to Moyuna on April 29, 1994, accompanied by a military patrol and two medical examiners. On this occasion, unlike her first visit where she stated that there were no dead, she performed the autopsy of five people (four men and one …
On July 10, 1990, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the Azángaro market in the department of Puno. During this attack, 5 people were killed. This attack occurred on the same day that the PCP-SL also attacked the SAIS Sollocota in Azángaro, where 7 peasants were killed. These attacks were part of …
On November 15, 1989, Víctor Salvador Rivas Gutiérrez, son of Mayor Armida Gutiérrez de Rivas, murdered by the PCP-SL a month earlier, and Jesús Manuel Pérez Guillén were executed by military personnel from the Counter-Subversive Base of Churcampa. The executions were carried out with rifle shots in the middle of …
On June 16, 1989, the Shining Path PCP attacked the Huaripampa police post in the province of Junin. During the attack, two policemen and the local parish priest were killed. This attack was part of a series of violent actions that multiplied during the second half of 1989 in the …
On June 16, 1989, a group of subversives of the PCP-SL attacked the police post in the district of Huaripampa, in the province of Jauja. Two policemen and Teodoro Santos Mejia, who was the local parish priest, were killed during the scuffle. This attack was part of the escalation of …
In 1989, police forces arrested Jorge Napoleón, Goñe León López and Vibiana López Collazos in Aynaca-Ámbar, accused of terrorism. Subsequently, the three detainees were killed by the police. This event occurred in the context of the police response to the extension of the actions of the main PCP-SL forces to …
In May 1988, a military patrol confronted a group of hikers in the town of Pucurhuay. In the crossfire, a 2-year-old boy, a 14-year-old boy, and a local collaborator of the subversives were killed. After this confrontation, within a few days the villagers formed the Civil Defense Committee (CDC) of …
In October 1986, the military killed 13 villagers in the towns of Pomatambo and Parcco Alto in the province of Vilcashuamán. This event occurred in the context of the military counteroffensive against the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the region. The event took place during the period of intensification of the internal …
On June 25, 1986, there was a terrorist attack on a train car on its way to Machu Picchu. The attack resulted in the death of 8 passengers and left forty people injured. This attack occurred in a context of intense political violence in Peru, during the same month as …
On November 21, 1985, hikers set fire to 26 houses in Incahuasi. Among the dead were peasants Melquiades Ccoyao, Ladislao Mendoza and two unidentified people. The operation was carried out by the ronderos with the support of Army soldiers in the Accobamba area. During the operation they captured another 20 …
In August 1985, 15 villagers were murdered in the town of Huarcatan. This event occurred in the context of the intensification of the internal armed conflict in the Ayacucho region, during a period in which both the PCP-Sendero Luminoso and the forces of law and order and the peasant patrols …
During April and May 1985, an armed incursion took place in the communities of Accocharcas and Hatumpampa. The event involved both the PCP-Sendero Luminoso and the forces of law and order. As a result of this incursion, seven community members lost their lives. This event was part of the context …
On May 15, 1984, a column of PCP-Sendero Luminoso militants assaulted the town of Pilcas in the province of Andahuaylas. During this attack, the Shining Path killed 35 peasants. This event occurred in a period when the PCP-SL controlled a good part of the rural space of Andahuaylas and was …
Between 1984 and 1990, the Peruvian Army carried out successive lightning operations on both banks of the Huallaga River in order to surprise drug traffickers and the Shining Path organization operating in the area. These operations led to confrontations with PCP-SL companies that resulted in many deaths on both sides. …
In November 1983, five community members from San Agustín, Santa Rosa, were disappeared by members of the army. This event occurred during the initial period of military intervention in the Apurimac River Valley, when the Armed Forces were beginning to establish their presence in the area. The disappearance of these …
On October 30, 1983, there was a confrontation between alleged subversives and police officers in Acobamba. The confrontation left more than 20 dead and 15 wounded, among them 4 policemen. According to testimonies, most of the victims were innocent peasants. This event occurred in the context of the entry of …
On October 30, 1983 in Acobamba, alleged subversives clashed with members of the Civil Guard, leaving more than 20 dead and 15 wounded. Most of the victims were innocent peasants who were caught in the crossfire. This confrontation occurred in a context where Sendero Luminoso had intensified its actions in …
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